Tags archive: In the Courts

Meanwhile, the BLM would revoke the 1,400 additional AUMS as their water rights were restored. While they initially agreed to this arrangement, the Whites later filed a lawsuit against BLM for completely withdrawing the 1,400 AUMs without fully restoring their…

...the feds have designated Poitevent’s property as critical habitat for the non-existent frog and in effect have shut down commercial opportunities for the land. Therein lies the glaring irony: The feds can declare his ground as an ideal frog refuge…

The known pictures and videos of Officer Burke show her smiling and looking confident during the April 2014 event; not sobbing uncontrollably. (However, defendants were not allowed to introduce these pictures.) Bunkerville Retrial – Innocence is Irrelevant Judge’s rulings impose the…

Though he claimed to have been fearful at being so outnumbered, he could not remember even if there were any other officers from Nevada Highway Patrol, the Park Service, BLM or Swat. He could only remember about 10-12 metro police…

Through her involvement with Great Old Broads for Wilderness, the organization was among multiple environmental groups fighting new grazing allotments that were under consideration on public lands in neighboring Colorado. Amy Joi O'Donoghue Deseret News Environmental activist, husband charged in…

Budd-Falen is well-known in the West for her work representing ranchers and is seen by some observers as a hero of the Sagebrush Rebellion, which has pushed for major changes to federal land control since the 1970s. Jennifer Yachnin Greenwire…

In the majority of sue-and-settle cases, environmental groups are awarded litigation costs, including attorneys’ fees, at the taxpayers’ expense. “Recent investigations . . . show that more than $49 million was quietly funneled to environmental groups through these scams. House…

"The Corps and EPA are not trying to micromanage farmers, they are trying to stop farmers from farming their fields. They're trying to turn our farmland into habitat preservation. They're simply trying to chase us off of our land." ~John…

If the 'animal rights' movement's objectives of ending animal agriculture and crushing this family-owned chicken farm to make an example of them are , indeed, driving this protracted and costly case, the plaintiffs may have already won their victory. Despite…

Free flow of information missing from wolf policy from Capital Press Managing wildlife ­— especially hot button predators such as wolves — requires total openness on the part of all parties. Ranchers, conservationists, members of the public and even critics…